Artist Bio
Born in California, Taylor grew up in Butler, Pennsylvania. She began her love for performing at Lee's School of Dance, and Lisa Marie's School of Dance, under the mentorship of Meredyth Casey. It was there she realized that dance was something to pursue full time.
At 18, she moved across the state to begin her college career at Temple University in Philadelphia. She graduated with a BFA in Dance (Performance/Choreography Concentration) & a BA in Advertising (Art Direction Concentration) in January 2015.
At Temple, she has had the opportunity to work with incredible artists and teachers; Dr. Kariamu Welsh, Jillian Harris, Dr. Laura Katz-Rizzo, Merian Soto, Beau Hancock, Kyle Clark, Dr. Sherril Dodds, Saleana Pettaway, Kavin Grant, Kyle Abraham, and Larry Keigwin just to name a few. Living in Philly, she became very involved with the hip-hop dance scene. She was a member of D2D: Dare to Dance, Temple's official dance crew, and has trained with IAMPHRESH, under the direction of Smart Mark and Shanika Boston.
In 2012, Taylor was selected for Broadway Dance Center's Summer Professional Semester. There she trained in the Big Apple with renowned choreographers like Sheila Barker, Ricky Hinds, Jim Cooney, Sheryl Murakami, Neil Schwartz, Jared Jenkins, Danielle Polanco, Mishay Petronelli and Cat Cogliandro. Taylor was also one of the 40 dancers selected for the first ever ARCHCORE40 intensive, created by Jennifer Archibald.
Taylor moved to NYC in January 2015. She is currently represented by CESD Talent Agency for Dance and Print Modeling.
Her print credits include: DSW advertisements for Vans, a commercial web video for Laura Mercier Cosmetics, the CoverGirl PDA campaign, a print advertisement for Apple, and a web video for BlinkBeauty. Her live dance performance credits include: Broadway Bares 2017-2022, the Nintendo Super Mario Launch choreographed by Derek Mitchell, and has performed works by Jessica Castro, Yvonne Marie-Sain and Cat Cogliandro. Her TV credits include: SNL skit "Press Conference", MTV's TRL premiere, BIRA beer commercial choreographed by Sarah O'Gleby, CBS's "Tell Me A Story" directed by Liz Friedlander, SNL's skit "Political Musical" featuring Jonah Hill & Kate McKinnon, choreographed by Nick Kenkel.
In 2019 she was cast as an ensemble member in North Shore Music Theatre's The Bodyguard, directed & choreographed by Nick Kenkel.
She has choreography experience as well. She was the Associate choreographer to Katherine Roarty for "Illuminati Lizards from Outer Space" a NYMF musical, as well as associate choreographer to Nick Kenkel on multiple projects, including an Equinox event and Broadway Bares, "Twerk From Home."
Through her experience and all her training in New York, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, she has refined her skills as an artist, dancer, choreographer, and performer. She continues to do so because she believes that one should, "always remain a student." Taylor is heavily influenced by hip-hop, musical theater, and contemporary movement and hopes to create work that is a visually stimulating and entertaining experience.
Taylor is a member of Actor's Equity & SAG-Eligible.